Boundary Cone
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Boundary Cone rises to 1,012 m in Arizona. Mount Nutt stands 1,522 m to the north-northeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Wrigley Peak, a peak 1.8 miles away. Old Route 66 - Oatman Road passes 0.4 miles off. 168 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.
The story
Boundary Cone is a geologic promontory located in the western foothills of the Black Mountains in Mohave County, Arizona. The peak is to the east of the Mohave Valley, northeast of Needles, California, and southeast of Bullhead City. The peak is about 4 miles (6 km) southwest of the mountain community of Oatman and 12 miles (19 km) east of the Colorado River.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q4949926, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1012 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Old Route 66 - Oatman Road
- 0.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 14.5 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tri-State Viewpoint · 5 mi
168 named places within 25 miles
- Shaffer Spring: 5.1 mi
- Onetto Spring: 5.1 mi
- Walker Springs: 5.5 mi
- Cool Spring: 5.8 mi
- Indian Spring: 6.0 mi
- El Camino Village HOA Park: 10.4 mi
- Colorado River Nature Center: 12.1 mi
- Stonebridge HOA Park: 13.0 mi
- Don Sullivan Memorial Park: 13.2 mi
- Gary Keith Civic Park: 13.2 mi
- Wrigley Peak: 1.8 mi
- Leland Butte: 2.9 mi
- Ute Mountain: 3.3 mi
- McHeffy Butte: 4.6 mi
- Negrohead: 4.9 mi
- Canyon City Mill: 2.3 mi
- Oatman: 10.3 mi
- Fort Mohave: 12.4 mi
- Hardyville Pioneer Cemetary: 13.5 mi
- Greg Williams Fields at Rotary Park: 13.9 mi
- Oatman Jail: 3.4 mi
- Shootin' Gallery: 3.4 mi
- Desert Dig-ins: 3.5 mi
- Cool Springs Station Museum: 6.9 mi
- Route 66 Informational sign: 7.1 mi
- Cool Springs Stations Museum: 6.8 mi
- Needles Regional Museum: 14.7 mi
- Don Laughlin's Classic Auto Exhibition Hall: 15.4 mi
- Don Laughlin's Classic Car Collection - First Floor Showroom: 15.5 mi
- Colorado River Museum: 15.8 mi
- Oatman: 3.5 mi
- Mohave City: 12.3 mi
- Polhamus Landing: 16.8 mi
- Haviland Rest Area (I-40 Westbound): 18.6 mi
- Haviland Rest Area (I-40 Eastbound): 18.7 mi
- Laughlin Brake Check Rest Area: 24.4 mi
- Prayer Garden: 12.7 mi
- Bella's Garden: 13.3 mi
- Poki, World's Largest Desert Tortoise: 13.8 mi
- Big Bend Conservation Area: 15.6 mi
- Red Rock Falls: 22.7 mi
- Golgotha: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Boundary Cone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Nutt | NNE 26° | 1,522 m | 8.0 mi |
| Holy Benchmark | ENE 68° | 1,495 m | 23.7 mi |
| Castle Rock | NE 42° | 1,413 m | 24.3 mi |
| Battleship Mountain | NNE 17° | 1,258 m | 6.5 mi |
| Thimble Mountain | ENE 56° | 1,195 m | 7.6 mi |
| Twin Mills | N 2° | 1,171 m | 24.4 mi |
| Black Mesa | ESE 113° | 1,169 m | 5.5 mi |
| Bull | NE 54° | 1,145 m | 23.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:50 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:18 | 19:56 |
| September equinox | 06:26 | 18:03 | 18:36 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:52 | 17:31 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 55 | 58 | 65 | 72 | 81 | 90 | 96 | 95 | 88 | 75 | 62 | 54 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bullhead City, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1878 — Boundary Cone, Mohave County, Arizona.
OpenStreetMap element node/359243282
Day trips start here
- Oatman · 3 mi
- Bullhead City · 14 mi
- Needles · 15 mi
- Laughlin · 16 mi
- Topock · 19 mi
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